Meaning Anchor
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Text – The non-URL text that is displayed in a hyperlink. For example, in this hyperlink to Fathom’s website, “Fathom’s website” is the anchor text. Careful use of anchor text can produce both reader [..]
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c. 1200, from anchor (n.). Related: Anchored; anchoring.
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Old English ancor, borrowed 9c. from Latin ancora "anchor," from or cognate with Greek ankyra "anchor, hook" (see ankle). A very early borrowing and said to be the only Latin nauti [..]
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The reference price or reference product in consumers' comparisons.
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Anchor [N] [S]From Acts 27:29 Acts 27:30 Acts 27:40 , it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors, which were attached to the stern as well as to the prow. The Roman anchor, like th [..]
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to hold firmly in place.
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 Synonym for a hyperlink.
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a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" a central cohesive source of support and stability; &q [..]
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Definition Either the starting point or the destination of a hyperlink (or link) within a document. Example: a highlighted word within an online help file may display additional information related to [..]
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a heavy iron hook which is attached to a ship by a chain. When it is thrown over the side, it digs into the sea bed and stops the ship from moving
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A word‚ phrase or graphic image‚ in hypertext‚ it is the object that is highlighted‚ underlined or “clickable” which links to another site.
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A device for stopping the balloon when landing in a wind, or holding it fast.
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one who waits too long to drop by parachute. Angels:
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a restraint applied to eliminate motion and restrain forces.
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Jensens Internet Dictionary Synonymous with hyperlinks, anchor refers to non-linear links among documents. Or more simply put, it's the word or phrase that can be selected to connect to another page resource.
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 an anchorite, hermit.
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Any fastener (usually metal) used to attach parts, such as joists, trusses, posts, etc., to masonry or masonry materials.
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From Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors, which were attached to the stern as well as to the prow. The Roman anchor, like the modern one, had two teeth o [..]
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(Acts 27:29)
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In desktop publishing, to fix a graphical object so that its position relative to some other object remains the same during repagination. Frequently, for example, you may want to anchor a picture next [..]
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noun. when determining a sequence of unbiased judgments, it is a guide employed to assist in such. Commonly referred to as an anchoring point
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To dream of an anchor is favorable to sailors, if seas are calm. To others it portends separation from friends, change of residence, and foreign travel. Sweethearts are soon to quarrel if either sees an anchor.   
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A term used in connection with HTML, the coding system used for creating Web pages. An anchor is the target of a Hyperlink, i.e. a point in a Web document to which you jump when you click on a hyperli [..]
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The tenant that serves as the predominant draw to a commercial property, usually the largest tenant in a shopping center.
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Metal device for securing dimensional stone to a structure or back-up walls.
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A person who presents a news bulletin from a television studio, usually on a regular basis. See also newsreader and presenter.
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In general, any device that connects and secures one object to another. An example would be the devices used to secure awnings and fascia signs to facades. (See also expansion anchor and J-bolt.)
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An anchor is an HTML tag that marks a specific point in an HTML document as either the source or destination of a hypertext link. This allows you to create links from one hypertext document to another [..]
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One in the television studio who ties together the newscast by reading the news and providing transitions from one story to the next.
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A destination marker for a link, specifying a specific location on a Web page. Anchors are often used to link to locations within a Web page. Sometimes they are used to identify specific spots on other Web pages. If you have a lot of text on a Web page, use an anchor to help your readers maneuver around the text.
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A HTML format code that keeps a button, message or other interface control aligned to some part of the window. The starting or ending point to a hyperlink.
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An anchor is a link that does not take you to the top of another web page, but to someplace else on the same page. ...You can also link to an anchor on another page-a link connected to an anchor on an [..]
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(n) a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving(n) a central cohesive source of support and stability(n) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents co [..]
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 - A device that supports and holds in place conductors when they are terminated at a pole or structure. The anchor is buried and attached to the pole by way of guy wire to counteract the mechanical forces of these conductors.
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        A large, and very heavy, arrow shaped piece of steel or iron,
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in Christian art, is given to Clement of Rome and Nicolas of Bari. Pope Clement, in A.D. 80, was bound to an anchor and cast into the sea. Nicolas of Bari is the patron saint of sailors.
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Rocking from side to side, the Anchor controls the movement of the Escape Wheel to one cog at a time … that's the ticking sound….
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A restraint applied to eliminate motion and restrain forces.
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Any fastener (usually metal) used to attach parts, such as joists, trusses, posts, etc., to masonry or masonry materials.
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A metal fastener used for securing dimension stone to a structure.
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Move tool - The center ball of the Move handle. You can drag the center ball or use the Anchor tool guide to place the anchor on a solid, face, edge, vertex, or origin.
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A reference point for making judgements. In social judgement theory, anchor is the point corresponding to the centre of the latitude of acceptance.
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– A common short alternative for anchorage; often used to refer specifically to the hardware installed at the anchorage, either factory-installed or in a retrofit shoulder-belt or tether kit.
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A temporary secure point that climbers use to protect them from injury during a fall. (There are many different forms including trees, bolts, boulders, cams, pitons, etc.)
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 A protection point that is relied upon to hold the entire weight of a climbing party, including whatever dynamic forces (eg falling) may be involved.
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Implants used in arthroscopic Surgery and other Orthopedic Procedures to attach soft Tissue to bone. One end of a Suture is tied to soft Tissue and the other end to the implant. The anchors are made o [..]
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A device or iron so shaped to grip the bottom and holds a vessel at anchor by the anchor chain.
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A weighty grappling hook used for holding a ship fast.
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Device for temporary securing a ship or floating structure to the seabed by means of a chain or cable and a weight with movable extensions (arms).
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1. An object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a ship, attached to the ship by a line or chain; typically a metal, hook-like or plough-like object designed to grip the bottom under the body of [..]
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An object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a ship, attached to the ship by a line or chain; typically a metal, hook-like or plough-like object designed to grip the bottom under the body of wat [..]
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a heavy metal implement dropped from the side of a boat which partly embeds in the sea/river/lake bottom and thus holds the vessel in position
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A device, usually deployed from the bow, used to secure the boat to the bottom; as in: The use of more than one anchor will limit swing room.
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A heavy steel device (of variable design) so shaped as to grip the sea bed to hold a vessel or offshore installation in a desired position.
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An object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a ship, attached to the ship by a line or chain; typically a metal, hook-like or plough-like object designed to grip the bottom under the body of wat [..]
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    The hook used at the end of a chain and dropped to the sea bottom to hold a ship in one particular place. The smallest Navy anchors can be lifted by one person; two anchors used by USS KITTY HAWK [..]
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An object designed to grip the ground, under a body of water, to hold a ship in a selected area. In the Golden Age of Sail it was usually a cast-iron shank with two arms and two flukes, and a wooden s [..]
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(1) A heavy metal object, fastened to a chain or line, to hold a vessel in position, partly because of its weight, but chiefly because the designed shape digs into the bottom. : (2) The act of using a [..]
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A heavy object attached to a vessel which is thrown overboard to prevent drift
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 A metal hook-like device designed to attach to the seafloor in order to slow or stop a ship.
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a heavy iron device which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or, usually, chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particul [..]
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An object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a ship, attached to the ship by a line or chain; typically a metal, hook like, object designed to grip the bottom under the body of water.
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the hook used at the end of a chain and dropped to the sea bottom to hold a ship in one particular place.
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(1) A heavy metal object designed such that its weight and shape will help to hold a boat in its position when lowered to the sea bottom on a rode or chain. See kedge, lightweight, mushroom, and plow [..]
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An object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a ship, attached to the ship by a line or chain; typically a metal
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A suitable place for a ship to anchor. Area of a port or harbor.
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(1) (Aviation) To hold overhead or in the vicinity of a specified location. (2) (Surface Navy) From the process of weighing anchor, the sequence of reports is usually as follows: (Anchor) at short sta [..]
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an object designed to grip the bed (lake bed, seabed, riverbed) or ground, under a body of water, to hold the boat in a selected area
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Device used to secure a boat to the bottom
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(1) A heavy metal object, fastened to a chain or line, to hold a vessel in position, partly because of its weight, but chiefly because the designed shape digs into the bottom. (2) The act of using an [..]
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A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable or rope and cast overboard to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.
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Device for temporary securing a ship or floating structure to the seabed by means of a chain or cable and a weight with movable extensions (arms)
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The act of dropping an anchor in order to hold a boat in place
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A pick. Companion tool of the shovel or banjo. See: Banjo.
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An anchor is an HTML tag that identifies a link to text or an image on the same page or to another specific location. An anchor can be used in two ways: By using the “href” attribute to create a l [..]
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an anchorite, hermit
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The part of a webpage where a link begins or ends. Learn more about links in our HTML links tutorial
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The regexp metacharacters ‘^’ and ‘$’, which force the match to the beginning or end of the string, respectively.
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An element of a regular expression
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Orbit about a specific point; ground track flown by tanker. Information call indicates a turning engagement about a specific location.
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<hypertext> (Or "hyperlink", "button", formerly "span", "region", "extent") An area within the content of a hypertext node (e.g. a web page) which is the source or destination of a link. A source anchor may be a word, phrase, image or the whole node. A destination anchor may be a whole node or [..]
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A sample of student work that exemplifies a specific level of performance. Raters use anchors to score student work, usually comparing the student performance to the anchor. For example, if student work was being scored on a scale of 1-5, there would typically be anchors (previously scored student work), exemplifying each point on the scale. (14 Ja [..]
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1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable [..]
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To use the anchor to secure a ship to the sea floor. If more than one anchor is used the ship is moored.
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Orbit about a specific point; ground track flown by tanker. Information call indicates a turning engagement about a specific location.
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A point (1)
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A point protected by two or more checkers in or around the opponent’s home board. A “High Anchor” is when a player owns the 21, 20 or 19 point, or even the 18 point (Bar Point) while a “Low Anchor” wo [..]
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the last player to the button holder’s right at the Blackjack table.
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 Having two or more checkers on a point in your opponent's inner board.  Every one starts the game with an anchor on their opponent's 1pt. 
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The object that is highlighted and &quot;clickable&quot; on a web document. It may be a word, a phrase, or an inline image. When clicked, it may send you to another spot on the page (back link), another page, a document on another server, or a place on a remote document.. An anchor tag has the following format: <A HREF=&quot;somethin [..]
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Also know as the "anchor point." Can be any specific point on the body used as a location to anchor the archer's hand at full draw, most often a spot on the face, such as the corner of [..]
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Your largest kettle tied to the end of a 20-foot rope and tossed over the stern when you are being driven by a heavy tail wind in a running sea.
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a device which is attached to anchor chain at one end and lowered into the sea bed to hold a ship in position; it is designed to grip the bottom when it is dragged by the ship trying to float away under the influence of wind and current; usually made of heavy casting or casting
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An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, whi [..]
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Anchor is a brand of dairy products that was founded in New Zealand in 1886, and is one of the key brands owned by the New Zealand based international exporter Fonterra Co−operative Group. In Malaysi [..]
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An anchor is a device that attaches to the sea bottom to prevent a boat from drifting. Anchor may also refer to:
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An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, whi [..]
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In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, a rope, or a load to the climbing surface - typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building - either permanently or temp [..]
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In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, a rope, or a load to the climbing surface - typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building - either permanently or temp [..]
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An anchor is a device that attaches to the sea bottom to prevent a boat from drifting. Anchor may also refer to:
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The Anchor Group is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing, care and support to people over 55 years old. A charitable housing association registered as a society under the Co-operative [..]
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An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, whi [..]
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Anchor is the second studio album from eleventh season American Idol contestant, Colton Dixon. The album was released on August 19, 2014, by Sparrow Records and debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200.
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Anchor is the third extended play album by Australian alternative/rock group, Birds of Tokyo. It was released in April 2015 and peaked at number 23. It was certified platinum.The EP was written and re [..]
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"Anchor" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo. The song was included on the Extended Play (EP) of the same name. Sales towards the song counted towards the EP, which peaked at [..]
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